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Micro-hydro design manual : a guide to small-scale water power schemes / by Adam Harvey ; with Andy Brown, Priyantha Hettiarachi, and Allen Inversin.

By: Harvey, Adam [author].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookLondon : Intermediate Technology Publications, 1993Description: 374 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1853391034; 9781853391033.Subject(s): Hydroelectric power plants -- Developing countries -- Design and construction | Remote area power supply systems -- Developing countries -- Design and construction | Development studies | Developing countries | Limnology (freshwater) | Engines & power transmission | Energy & power generation & distribution | Sanitary & municipal engineeringDDC classification: 621.312134 | 621.312134 HAR
Contents:
Introduction -- Hydrology and site survey -- Civil works -- Commercial engineering -- Turbines -- Governing -- Drive systems -- Electrical power -- Financial evaluation -- Operation and maintenance -- Commissioning and testing.
Summary: This manual examines every stage of planning and installation, from site survey and estimation of demand to contracts and financial analysis. Worked examples with illustrations and notes help the reader with practical aspects of the project.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Notes Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 621.312134 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available CIT Module ELEC 9001 - Core reading. 00112533
General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main 621.312134 HAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 38888000507016
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Micro-Hydro Design Manual has grown from Intermediate Technology's field experiences with micro-hydro installations and covers operation and maintenance, commissioning, electrical power, induction generators, electronic controllers, management, and energy surveys.There is an increasing need in many countries for power supplies to rural areas, partly to support industries, and partly to provide illumination at night. Government authorities are faced with the very high costs of extending electricity grids. Often micro-hydro provides an economic alternative to the grid. This is because independentmicro-hydro schemes save on the cost of grid transmission lines, and because grid extension schemes often have very expensive equipment and staff costs. In contrast, micro-hydro schemes can be designed and built by local staff andsmaller organizations following less strict regulations and using 'off-the-shelf' components or locally made machinery.

Bibliography: (pages 361-364).

Introduction -- Hydrology and site survey -- Civil works -- Commercial engineering -- Turbines -- Governing -- Drive systems -- Electrical power -- Financial evaluation -- Operation and maintenance -- Commissioning and testing.

This manual examines every stage of planning and installation, from site survey and estimation of demand to contracts and financial analysis. Worked examples with illustrations and notes help the reader with practical aspects of the project.

CIT Module ELEC 7016 - Core reading